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A work made of oil on panel.

Virgin and Child

Jan Gossart · c. 1520

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Palette

Sepia
 36% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1
Taupe
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Lamp black
 22% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.8:1
Tan
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Mahogany
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.1:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Jan Gossart
Date
c. 1520
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
53.4 × 40.2 cm (21 × 15 7/8 in.); Framed: 63.5 × 49.5 × 5.7 cm (25 × 19 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 31, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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